Thinking Guide 2: Evaluating Disparate Online Information Sources


Directions: Use the following questions to help ensure your prior knowledge does not interfere with your ability to understand new information

  1. My question is:
  2. Before I begin searching, some things I know related to my question include:
    • X
    • Y
  3. After reading this new source, the author’s most salient points are:
    • X
    • Y
  4. How does this new information compare and contrast with what I previously believed?
  5. If I have read multiple sources, how does this new information compare and contrast with information I have found in other locations beyond my previous thinking?
  6. Given this new information, what can I search for now to help me better understand the issue as a whole and determine which set of ideas is most accurate?

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